Ayisha Siddiqa
Ayisha Siddiqa | |
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| Born | 8 February 1999 |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Occupation | climate activist |
Ayisha Siddiqa is a Pakistani environmentalist. She is from Coney Island, New York City. She is the co-founder of "Fossil Free University" and "PollutersOut!".
Activism
[change | change source]Siddiqa started her works when she founded extinction rebellion university's branch in May 2019.[1] The organization was doing a strike on the 7th of October 2019 at Lower Manhattan, New York City.[2] The strike was willingly joined by 300,000 people.[3] One of her notable actions was that she doused fake blood on the Charging Bull in Wall Street.[4]
In response to the "2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference", she founded "Polluters Out" with Isabella Fallahi and Helena Gualinga.[5] The organization was created because they had realised that fossil fuel industries are playing a big part in the issues.[6] The fossil fuel companies who funded in the event include Endesa, Iberdrola, Banco Santander and Acciona.[7] One of the companies which was affected by this decision was British Petroleum.[8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Engelfried, Nick (2020-03-03). "How a new generation of climate activists is reviving fossil fuel divestment and gaining victories". Waging Nonviolence.
- ↑ Oded, Yair (17 October 2019). "Extinction Rebellion protesters take over lower Manhattan". FairPlanet.
- ↑ Funes, Yessenia (2021-10-25). "Pushing Polluters Out at COP26". Atmos.
- ↑ Calma, Justine (2019-10-07). "Protesters douse Wall Street bull with fake blood". The Verge.
- ↑ Reddy, Shani (2020-09-09). "MAVERICK CITIZEN: Activist 'university' teaches ways of combating the environmental crisis – and it's free". Daily Maverick.
- ↑ Sarah, Rachel (4 November 2021). "Whose Voices Are (and Aren't) Being Heard at COP26?". YES! Magazine.
- ↑ D’Angelo, Chris (12 January 2020). "Fossil Fuel Companies Get Enormous Play At UN Meetings". Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance.
- ↑ Walfisz, Jonny (2021-10-24). "COP26 bans oil company sponsorship, documents reveal". euronews.